Shattered

Title: Shattered
Author:  Dean Koontz
Published: 1973
Synopsis from Goodreads

As Alex and Colin speed toward their new home in San Francisco where Courtney awaits them, they are pursued by a madman who is also eager to see Courtney.

~~ Summary ~~

Alex and Courtney just got married. Courtney is in San Francisco while Alex is in Philadelphia with he 11 year old brother Colin. Courtney is Colin's guardian ever since their parents died. The new family is now moving to California. Since Courtney is getting the house ready and got there early by plane that means Colin and Alex will drive the Thunderbird across country and maybe even bond a bit on the way.

George can't get his mind off of Courtney. Why did she leave him? How could she? Alex Doyle and her brother are in the way. If he was just to get them out of the picture then Courtney would love him again. Right?

~~ Greta's Thoughts ~~

WOW! What a ride!!

While this book is a bit dated the thriller/suspense/edge of your seat concept is timeless. 

The story is very very well told. Once you get a bit of info where you think you have everything figured out you get to hear the other side and are then sent for another loop.

The best parts of "Shattered" was the car chase. It was just like that car chase inJeepers Creepers, where if it was a movie you'd be screaming "Noooo!! Goooo!".

And then another great part was the motel scene where Alex is trying to figure out who was jiggling the doorknob. Again you scream, "Noooo!!!" but this time you add, "Have you never seen a horror movie, dude? Are you out of your freaking mind? Don't go in there!!"

It's totally awesome!!!

Things that I enjoyed about this book was how simplistically it was written. You get to hear the story as though it's being told around a campfire. I guess that would be narrative... and that's one awesome way of telling a scary story.

The other cool thing is... This could happen!! What's more scary than something that could actually jump out in the middle of the night and take your life in cold blood? Forget vampires... What do you do when you get stuck with a man and his ax?

Oh ye-ah! You hold on tight to the covers and make other arrangements... cuz you aren't going anywhere till you finish "Shattered"

City of Night

Title: City of Night
Authors:Dean Koontz
Ed Gorman
Published: June 2007
Synopsis from Goodreads:

From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you think you know the legend, you know only half the truth. Here is the mystery, the myth, the terror, and the magic of…

Dean Koontz's City of the Night

They are stronger, heal better, and think faster than any humans ever created—and they must be destroyed. But not even Victor Helios—once Frankenstein—can stop the engineered killers he’s set loose on a reign of terror through modern-day New Orleans. Now the only hope rests in a one-time “monster” and his all-too-human partners, Detectives Carson O’Connor and Michael Maddison. Deucalion’s centuries-old history began as Victor’s first and failed attempt to build the perfect human–and it is fated to end in the ultimate confrontation between a damned creature and his mad creator. But first Deucalion must destroy a monstrosity not even Victor’s malignant mind could have imagined—an indestructible entity that steps out of humankind’s collective nightmare with one purpose: to replace us.

I LOVE THIS SERIES!!!!!

I mean... why wasn't I reading it all these years ago?

Oh yeah... cuz I didn't think Dean Koontz would be any good.

I retract everything I have ever thought of the man... he is indeed the most awesome storyteller!!

PLOT
Deucalion is still on his mission to rid the world of his creator Victor Helios (aka Frankenstein). Still teamed up with Carson and Michael it's just a couple days after book 1 and so many things are falling apart. Can they track him down before the Old Race becomes extinct?

New Characters
Nick: Team Leader/Manager of the junkyard owned by Victor. Loves the smell of garbage. Interesting character.
Cindi and Benny Lovewell: A hit-couple hired to take out Old Race citizens to be replaced with New. Hysterical! Love their bickering.
Erika 5: Victor's latest wife. Wants to be the last. Has a nasty habit of wanting to know too much.
Werner: Security Gaurd for Mercy who's life is splitting in two.

Greta's Thoughts
While the first book was better this book was still awesome. It's just like a soap opera. You jump from one character to the next and by the end it's like a Friday where you are left with so many cliffies you can't wait till Monday rolls around. (yes.... I used to watch soap operas so I know all about the Friday Cliffies lolz)

The best part of the book is the very end. It just leaves you hungering for more more more more!!

I am however, disappointed with what happened to Randell but the introduction of Cindi and Benny totally made up for it. It was just too fun following them around as Cindi kept wanting to have a baby and Benny knowing they dang well couldn't because they were members of the New Race.

Carson and Michael are not the main targets of this book but towards the end you get a feeling that in the next one they will be. Victor has a bigger part. And the new Erika is kind of a bore but by the end she starts to get more interesting.

We are also introduced to Victor's 'other' creations. Creations that he has been cross-breeding with other 'subject'. They are most interesting.

Like I said with the last book I can't wait to get my hands on the next!